Feeding the Young Athlete: Sports Nutrition Made Easy for Players and Parents (Paperback)

by Cynthia Lair (Author) "We believe that children need to move and be physically active for health, confidence, and well-being..." (more)
Key Phrases: teaspoon sea salt, whole wheat pastry flour, Classic Raita

Editorial Reviews

Review
... a practical guide to help parents understand sports nutrition in the kitchen and on the practice field. -- Susan M. Kleiner, PhD, RD, FACN, Author of Power Eating 2nd Ed.

Written like my favorite coaching manuals; the advice is clear, concise, readable and best of all - useable! -- Jan Smisek, former US Soccer National Staff Coach

Product Description
Children need to be fed well to grow strong and healthy. Playing team sports creates additional nutritional demands. Here is a golden opportunity to motivate parents, coaches and players to learn more about how food and the body work as a team. Find out what makes a good pre-game meal, why hydration is important and the advantage of post-game eating. Includes 48 sensational recipes. Excellent book for coaches, side-line parents, and motivated kids.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Moon Smile Pr (August 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966034694
• ISBN-13: 978-0966034691
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #82,096 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Got Kids Playing Two Sports? - Need to Optimizing Energy , September 5, 2005

By	workingmom (Harmony PA) - See all my reviews

Two kids, soccer and cross country, and problems keeping them fed enough during the fall athletic season. This book helps to identify the best bang-for-the-buck nutritious foods to keep them energized and performing. It details optimum schedules for the pregame/practice as well as post game/practice meals, snacks and hydration. The recipes are contrary to the typical American diet, and so what else is new? Now that they know what complex and simple carbs are and how they affect their levels of energy, at least they know the ice cream for post practice/game recovery isn't the best alternative. At least they are giving the bean dishes a try because they know that they are one of the best nutrient dense foods. The recipes are surprisingly good and I'm going to try more on my kids and expand their horizons.

A good book to use when you are trying to get 3000 calories/day into your children. The school lunch probably isn't going to cut it on game or meet days.

13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eat better to play your best!, September 1, 2003

By	azLearning (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

Serious and committed student athletes who want to become champions and top athletes in their sports understand the difference between talk and a serious athletic program.

One critically important and frequently overlooked aspect of a program to build a better athlete is most certainly nutrition.

Don't take your athletic gifts and your overall health for granted! US StudentAthletes recommends this approach as does Cynthia Lair, the author of this fine nutrition book. Prioritize your health by learning as much as you can about sound nutritional practices. Begin with "Feeding the Young Athlete."

Decisions athletes make now (youth and teenagers) about food, exercise and body weight impact you today and for the rest of your life.

Each sport places different physiological, neurological, and musculoskeletal demands upon the student-athlete's body. Understand how nutrition can assist you and support you with these various demands.

Lastly, also understand that each student-athlete has a unique body composition for performance. Don't try to achieve a body composition or weight based on someone else?s performance.

Learn all you can about sports nutrition and it will benefit you for the rest of your life.

Best of luck in all your sports!!!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This one gets used, October 2, 2005

By	Matt Smith - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This gets more use in our house than any other cookbook . It's very basic and simple. Common sense stuff. I'm not known for my cooking, but this book is easy for me to use and put out quality meals that taste good and that middle school kids will eat. My daughter and her athlete friends are on board (sometimes) with the concept of eating well to improve performance, and they use these recipes themselves. I actually made the granola and it's awesome.